FRANK ZAPPA  - FUNKY NOTHINGNESS 3CD  2023.

AMAZING  FZ !!

A proper sequel of HOT RATS was never released.  It's only been recently revealed, however, that one was recorded...more or less.  Funky Nothingness, new on 3 CDs or 2 LPs from Zappa Records and UMe (and No. 124 in the Zappa Official Release Series, for those keeping count), draws on (mostly) previously unreleased sessions captured at Los Angeles' Record Plant in March 1970 with multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood, violinist Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Wrecking Crew/L.A. Express bassist Max Bennett, and in his first sessions with Zappa, drummer Aynsley Dunbar.  The result is a compelling listen from start to finish, continuing in the vein of Hot Rats while anticipating - and providing material for -Chunga's Revenge and, to a lesser extent, Apostrophe (').

Funky Nothingness preserves a number of "Tommy and Vincent" jams between Zappa and Dunbar, skillfully playing off one another with an intuitive connection and matching high energy.  The first two jams were mixed by FZ in 1970; the third, newly-mixed one is the full, unedited, 22-minute master on which Zappa starts off on bass and moves to guitar. Joe Marchese.

Aynsley Dunbar - Drums – (tracks: 1-2 to 2-7, 3-3, 3-4)

Max Bennett - Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass –  (tracks: 1-3 to 1-7, 1-9 to 2-7, 3-4)

Ian Underwood -  Keyboards, Saxophone [Sax], Rhythm Guitar –  (tracks: 1-3 to 1-7, 1-9 to 2-7, 3-4)

Producer [Produced For Release] – Ahmet Zappa, Joe Travers

Producer [Recordings], Producer [Original Recordings & Mixes], Engineer [Mix] – Frank Zappa

Transferred By – Joe Travers

FZ - Vocals, Guitar

Don "Sugarcane" Harris - Vocals, Violin, Organ  (tracks: 1-3 to 1-7, 1-9 to 2-7, 3-4)

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